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Cameroon

Capital city — Yaoundé

  • Country population

    26,545,864
    i
    2020
    / World Bank
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    85
    i
    10/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Type of government

    Constitutional Republic (Presidential D…
  • Human Development Index

    0.563

    (153/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    1.4
    i
    2017
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    22,430
    i
    31/10/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    125 %
    i
    31/10/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    79
    i
    2017
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    2.6 %
    i
    31/10/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    2.6 %
    i
    31/10/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Untried prisoners

    66.8 %
    i
    31/10/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    no
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    PdM
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